Kentucky Bancshares Inc. announced that resignation of Theodore Kuster as a Board of Directors (the Registrant) and from the Board of Directors of Kentucky Bank, the Registrant's sole operating subsidiary (the Bank). Both the company and the Bank thank Mr. Kuster for his many years of service. The Board of Directors of the company appointed Jack W. (Wes) Omohundro as a director to fill the vacancy left upon Mr. Kuster's retirement.

Mr. Omohundro will be up for election on the Registrant's Board in 2017. Mr. Omohundro has been appointed to the Audit and the Risk Management Committee of the Board of the Registrant. He will be compensated on a basis similar to that of other members of the Registrant's Board of Directors as described in the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2015.

Both are effective from January 01, 2016.